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Sylvester Stallone  has responded to reports of  his death , joking that he is "still punching". The 71-year-old actor was the victim of a cruel Twitter hoax earlier this week, with several posts claiming that he had died after a secret battle with cancer. Sylvester reassured fans across his social media channels, writing: "Please ignore this stupidity… Alive and well and happy and healthy… Still punching!" The  Rocky  star also shared a picture of the hoax post that had been doing the rounds. "Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone died early this morning after his battle with prostate cancer, the actor kept his illness a secret, but in the end he couldn't beat it," the post read. An accompanying photo collage showed a balding Sylvester looking unwell and downtrodden. The actor quashed the rumours on Twitter and Instagram The father-of-five also joked that it was "great to be back from the dead" as he shared another video on Instagram....

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos Amazon's stock received a slew of upgrades from Wall Street analysts on Friday after delivering market-beating earnings. On Thursday, the e-commerce giant reported fourth quarter revenues that beat expectations with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud division helping to propel numbers. Amazon shares closed at $1,390 on Thursday, but after hours shares popped over 5 percent. A number of analysts raised their price target for Amazon shares. Here are some of the biggest moves: Morgan Stanley raised its target to $1,500 from $1,400 Barclays upped its price target to $1,580 from $1,210 Credit Suisse raised its price target to $1,750 from $1,410 Mizuho raised its price target to $1,700 from $1,300 J.P. Morgan raised its price target to $1,650 from $1,385 Bank of America Merrill Lynch raised its price target to $1,650 from $1,460. Amazon forecast that its operating income for the fir...

Actor Robert Wagner, the then-husband to Hollywood star Natalie Wood, has been named a “person of interest” in the suspicious drowning death of his wife that occurred nearly four decades ago, investigators said. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s told "48 Hours” that investigators would like to speak to Wagner about Wood’s mysterious death on Nov. 29, 1981. The “48 Hours” interview with L.A. investigators is slated to air Saturday in a special titled “Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water.” "As we've investigated the case over the last six years, I think he's (Wagner) more of a person of interest now," John Corina, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, told “48 Hours.” "I mean, we know now that he was the last person to be with Natalie before she disappeared." View image on Twitter 48 Hours ✔ @48hours BREAKING: Investigator tells # 48hours Robert Wagner is now a "person of interest" in Natalie Wood drowning ...

Getty Images House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi wrote Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday demanding the removal of Rep. Devin Nunes as Intelligence Committee chairman, saying he has "disgraced" the committee with "dishonest" actions related to an ongoing probe of Russia and the Trump presidential election campaign. Pelosi's letter was sparked by claims Wednesday night that Nunes, R-Calif., allegedly sent the White House an altered version of a still-classified controversial memo that purportedly reveals improper surveillance by both the FBI and the Justice Department in their investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Intelligence Committee had voted to send the White House a different version of that memo for review and potential release. "It is long overdue that you, as Speaker, put an end to this charade and hold Congressman Nunes and all Congressional Republica...

Credit: Warner Bros Blazing Saddles lands on Hulu this February. January has reached its last legs. February is upon us. This means a new month of streaming content from sites like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. ( See what's coming to Netflix in February here .) Some February highlights for Hulu include 1988's  A Fish Called Wanda ,  written by one of my favorite comics of all time, Monty Python alum John Cleese. The film also stars Monty Python's Michael Palin, as well as Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline. It's a comedic heist film and a classic. It lands on Hulu on February 1st. Also coming to Hulu February 1st is the 1974 Mel Brooks classic Western,  Blazing Saddles.  This remains one of my favorite comedies of all time (though it really does fall apart at the end.) It's also a somewhat timely film, oddly enough, given its examination of racism in America. And by "examination" I mean...well...it's a Mel Brooks movie. I don...